RK05 question & stuff FS/T

From: Richard A. Cini <rcini_at_email.msn.com>
Date: Wed Dec 17 07:22:15 1997

On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 18:47:09 +0000 (GMT),
 Tony Duell <ard_at_odin.phy.bris.ac.uk> wrote:

>>Yes they are (at least, they are on all my RK05's). It's easiest to remove
>>the entire front panel from the drive (4 Phillips screws), when you can
>>trivially see the PCB that holds the switches and the lamps. The lamps
>>plug into little sockets on the PCB - just pull them straight out.
>>We call these lamps T 1 3/4 (That's 'T' one and three quarters) bi-pin
>>bulbs in the UK. No idea what they're called elsewhere.

    The T 1-3/4 size exists here in the US, too, but I most frequently I see
it in referring to LEDs. The T 1-3/4 incandescent bulb size is E-5 (for
5mm), I think.

    Anyway, so long as I am replacing these lights, why can't I replace them
with amber LEDs? I figure that I can plug an LED-resistor combo into the
same socket and tune the brightness with the resistor. I remember reading
somewhere that the lamp power is 8v. I'll test it first, but does this sound
right?

 Thanks for the info, Tony.

Rich Cini/WUGNET
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Received on Wed Dec 17 1997 - 07:22:15 GMT

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